وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ فِي شِيَعِ الأَوَّلِينَ

ما پيش از تو (نيز) پيامبرانی در ميان امّتهای نخستين فرستاديم.

And We had certainly sent [messengers] before you, [O Muhammad], among the sects of the former peoples.